San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-10-06
PERSONAL.
Mayor Hardy ia on tho sick list

II. o. James, Of San Antonio, was In tho
city ON Monday.
Miss Matte souter Ia assisting Mrs Smith
In the Bookstore.
Mr.. Jas. .0wnby hasgone to Northern Tex
rs aud does not expect to return.
We are pleased to noti,o the return Of
Mr.. Lindsey in apparent good health.
DIR. W. A. McGehee, of Uvalde. made
hasty visit 10 our town short time since.
Miss Matte Cone, the music teacher, Is
still, as at first, delighted with San Marcos.
Mr.. Donahoo and family are occupying
DR.. Dailey's place, recently vacated by
Capt. Martin.
Mr.. Frank Glover Is back from George
town ID. o., ill-health having interrupted
his studies. There's no place like home
when feller's sick.
We learn that the elder OF the brother
Coppic will open fruit stand on the east
side of the square, adjoining Chastain q
Knights music and jewelry store.
Col. Herndon informs us that his cotton
crop will DO more than twice as large as he
had anticipated. II that is the case gener-
ally the country will not DO so badly of
after all.
Rev. Mr.. Biggs is still engaged on his
series of sermons on baptism. We learn
that Elder Driskill is taking notes, and we
suppose may be expected to take issue with
Mr.. Biggs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan, whose sons own
property in Washington Territory, and have
their parents to come and occupy
it, thought of going this fall, but have post
poned it till spring.
We learn that Mrs. Mosher has effected q
sale of their homestead in this place and
will now soon follow her husband to "the
promised land" We congratulate her. MIR.
II. G. johnson was the purchaser-price
$1,000. Truly bargain.
The MIR. Piper who was drowned in the
San Marcos as recorded in our Inst was an
inebriate, had lost his position because of
and we believe it is not doubt
ed that he fell from the bridge and lost his
life in consequence of being intoxicated.
Another victim of the saloon.
Two of the commissioners to locate the
Orphan Asylum got off the cars here rs we
were leaving for the west on Wednesday
last One of them was our worthy
editorial friend Mr.. F. N. Oliver. of the
Pilot Point New Era, and we regretted that
we could only give him q passing greeting.
We met Peter Thompson, the blacksmith,
formerly of this place. on our streets on
Tuesday. He still resides at Austin, and
we are glad to learn is prospecting, as we
know he deserves to do, His wife's family
nre mainly in Austin. His venerp BILE father
to Scotland few years ago, aud is
since dead.
L. B. Killian has just returned from Los
Angeles. where he went with stock. he
says it was good stock market for while,
but the demand has been su, piled from va
rious quarters. He saw l.. w. Mitchell and
Frank Donaldson, and like nearly every one
else who has visited that favored cline, was
delighted with what he saw.
We took dinner by invitation at Mrs.
Robbers on Tuesday 1t was good in all
it's appointments, and no mistake. She
understands her business thoroughly. We
cannot see how any money can be made at
getting up such dinners at 25 cents, for &C
coriing to our Judgment the average board
er will eat that value at such a table as that
set by Mrs r.
We were glad to meet on Tuesday our
old friend Uncle Tommy McGehee, now of
Paris. Texas. We spoke to him of the
mineral boom in Llano, and he said it did
not surprise him in the least that he knew
it as well As years ago as he does now. He
said he had retained good deal of his
property there, and we hope he has lived to
reap the harvest He is fairly entitled to q
share of it through his superior faith and
foresight.
We had pleasant call from DR.. Barbee,
of Kyle, one day this week. He reported
the consummation of arrangements for Sc
curing water for the town. One hundred
acres of land has been purchased of Capt.
Kyle. including natural reservoir, pro-
nounced by experts sufficient to supply the
city. The additional ground will be laid
of into lots, which will result in the extern
sion of the city limits and population of
Kyle. We congratulate the people of our
sister town.
In consequence of his protracting his stay
utTt lOIR6i tluh hC oe ~ oo 'iAs'SfP'-oONt
had, after oil, the pleasure of meeting Mr..
Lloyd r. Coleman, whose call in our ab.
sence was mentioned last week. We found
him full of the wonderful charms and pro-
aress of Southern California and were not
n little interested in what he narrated on
the subject After all, however. he said
that if he were to select q small town for
residence he would as soon stop at San
Marcos as any other he had seen. In fact
he expressed himself as being highly pleased
with our little city and its surroundings,
and anticipated bright future for them.
This from gentlemen of his large observa-
ton and intelligence, and coming directly
from the earthly paradise" about Los
Angeles and San Diego, we could not but
regard as highly complimentary.
Trains running between La Grange and
Taylor, make the trip in four hours. Some
think that when our road is completed to
Houston they will make the run from San